Hot Engine and Oily Plugs oh my!!
 

Ok heres the deal....i have had my 94 ls for about a month now and after i drive it to work or anywhere for that matter the engine compartment and header especially gets extremely hot. Also i checked my plugs (after i bought it) and there appears to be oil on 2 of the plugs. i have no idea where this came from because the dude seemed knowledgeabe about cars and claimed he changed his oil. my brothers crx had the hot header problem and it was due to something with the catalytic converter.
thanks for any help brothers

Re: Hot Engine and Oily Plugs oh my!!
 

well first of all this is your first post; seeing it's in this forum, that's bad.

Noobs are required to post in the GD forum and post porn on their first post, or be dammed into flamming torture.

So on that note, i'm not answering till i seem some goodness.

Re: Hot Engine and Oily Plugs oh my!!
 

compression test

Re: Hot Engine and Oily Plugs oh my!!
 

probably just a bad seal in the valve cover around the plug hole

Re: Hot Engine and Oily Plugs oh my!!
 

Is your car overheating?

Are the plugs black like soot or black and wet? If the threads were oily then probably ^ what he ghettoturbo said.

Re: Hot Engine and Oily Plugs oh my!!
 

My header gets hot as ----.... Dayam

Re: Hot Engine and Oily Plugs oh my!!
 

that means u need a new cat
i like those flat faced asian ones, look so jdm and soft

Re: Hot Engine and Oily Plugs oh my!!
 

aight thanks for th ehelp guys(most of you)
after i get home from work the valve cover as well as my plugs are very hot..is that from oil getting down into the plug chamber or is it normal? or could this also be a need for a new cat? bc i have holley airmass header back exhaust except for the stock cat haha is it possible that the guy that had the car before me had a dumbass attack and didnt want one or is it that big of a deal to have a stock one on aftermarket exhaust system?

Re: Hot Engine and Oily Plugs oh my!!
 

wow...oh my god wow...u r so lucky u posted when u did, now it sounds like u have a couple of problems here...first off ur plugs and vavle cover shouldnt be hot what so ever...try poping ur hood but just let it rest on the latch, this will cause a "ram air" effect which will decrease under hood temps dramtically...second off who puts oil in their car, what a dumbass...next u def need a new cat...actually make it 2...now hurry up and do exactly wut i sed and get back to us with results, almost forgot to check the temp of ur oil use a mercury thermometer and if the under hood temp exceeds 65 degrees break the thermometer and drink the mercury

Re: Hot Engine and Oily Plugs oh my!!
 

ok now could that hot valve cover be cue to the oil level being high? bc right now its 1/8 inch high. but i didnt think that would affect it. do i have to get a performance cat?
so am i supposed to drive around with the hood being held on my only the safety latch?
well i am almost positive the temp under the hood is higher than 65
and the plugs are almost too hot to handle